Difference between Mentoring and Coaching in Education “Thank you so much. I don’t feel lost anymore, ” said one of the teachers during a PLC (Professional Learning Community ) teacher in-service meeting. As I was reading the articles about the different roles that mentors and coaches in education have in our schools, I came to realize that they are very much alike. The only major difference is that mentors are more likely to be teachers helping novice or non-novice teachers. Whereas, coach ing “is far more formal than mentoring, and has a more expansive end goal” (Aguilar, 2017). Coaches still meet with teachers individually, but they are assigned to more than one teacher. Overall, coaches and mentors in education work as facilitators . They have very im...